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| Monday, May 10, 2010 - Joey Belladonna Rejoins Anthrax | Anthrax guitarist Scott Ian has confirmed that former front man Joey Belladonna has returned to the band. Belladonna, who has had two previous stints in the band from 1984-1992 and 2005-2007, will front the band at all up coming summer shows including the "Big Four" concerts at the Sonisphere festivals across Europe.
The band will then return to the US to record their long awaited comeback album.
Commented Ian, "I am super-excited about this, Joey and the rest of the band came to see me play at a club in New York, I hadn't seen Joey for years, since the end of the reunion tour. Joey taps me on the shoulder, instant big hug; it felt like no time had gone by. The band dynamic is an interesting one - in Anthrax, Joey and I spent so many years of our lives together, we grew up together, we know each other so well, so it was like no time was lost."
Speaking about John Bush, Anthrax's vocalist from 1992 to 1995 and for some of the bands recent gigs Ian said, "John was a real stand-up guy about the situation, He knew we wanted to move forward at full speed, that we needed a total commitment to Anthrax, and he knew that wasn't what he wanted. We certainly wish John well. We've had so many great times with him, and we appreciate his stepping in last summer at the last minute, and performing with us since then. He will always be an integral part of the Anthrax family."
Explained Belladonna, "I had been in touch with Charlie (Benante, drums) and Frank (Bello, bass) then I got a call from their manager who said that everyone wanted me back in the band. I thought, 'are you guys for real? You want me up there, fronting the band like it was before?' I was thrilled. We've already started to reconnect with the old ways of having conversations. Everything is easy going and feels really good."
"We're going to do these summer shows and gel as a band," explained Charlie Benante, "get comfortable playing with each other again, and the energy from that should go right into making new music."
Of the new album Ian commented "We've got an unusual luxury of hindsight, We finished an album a year ago, we've lived with those 12 songs since then, and we can look back on them and see what we really love and what we can make even better, especially with Joey back in the fold."
Added Benante, "There are five or six songs from a year ago that we don't want to change, we love them the way they are, other than having Joey making them his own with his vocals. Then there's another five or six that we may want to rework, and then there are a bunch of other tunes that are still in the early stages, that we want to finish."
"The band has been on an emotional roller coaster since last summer," Benante continued, "but I think everything that we've had to deal with during that time was pushing us toward this, to Joey being back in Anthrax, and the timing couldn't be more perfect or appropriate. To have Joey with us playing these shows with Metallica, Slayer and Megadeth is the way it should be - as Anthrax vocalist from '85 to '92, he was part of the 'Big Four.'" |
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| Comment by Craig (Member) - Monday, May 10, 2010 | 
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Comments: 134 | | This is a complete joke, but hopefully I'll get to see them with Joey back on board before they find another way to make a total mess of this again.
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Monday, May 10, 2010 |
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| Comment by notrap (Member) - Thursday, May 13, 2010 | 
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Comments: 55 | | It's always good news to see this classic line-up again.
BIG FOUR Concerts?? Anyone knows if this tour come to Iberia?
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Thursday, May 13, 2010 |
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